As If We Never Were Poem by Samah Khan

Come, lay by me and find my hands
In the dark between the warm bedding-
The window is dark, the shades dimly aglow
The sun is at ascent (or it might be setting) .

Let us forget the cares of the world beyond d leaden door
Let us forget our pride and conceit on the concrete floor
For a while we are just lovers, not friends or foes
For a while we have no worries, no complaints, no woes.

I will read from a book to you and you will sing to me in baritone
I will search you out in the dark as the stars begin to blur
And when the world begins to move in steady pace again
We will withdraw into nothingness, as if we never were